Anisorhynchodemus guttatus
1 Speckled flatworm at Acton, ACT
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| Anisorhynchodemus guttatus | turb | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 22 Feb 2021 |
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Unsure as to ID so have placed it under Leeches for now although the body shape doesn't seem quite right. Very active once disturbed. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting in ANBG's Rainforest Gully.
2 comments
25 Mar 2021
I've put this in platyhelminthes for now, but it doesn't quite look like the other flatworms I've seen. I'm wondering if this is a terrestrial nemertean, a group I haven't encountered yet and don't know much about. I'm hoping we will get some expertise soon to help with these kinds of animals.
31 Mar 2021
The specimen is Anisorhynchodemus guttatus, a native species that occurs from eastern Victoria to south eastern Queensland.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108735-35.277603
- Altitude 572.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Feb 2021 12:52 PM Recorded on
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- Other Invertebrates Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anisorhynchodemus guttatus
Species information
- Anisorhynchodemus guttatus Scientific name
- Speckled flatworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 653.7m Recorded at altitude
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